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New Memsa CEO to focus on advocacy, partnerships to grow local mining equipment manufacturing
By: Schalk Burger 7th May 2021 Industry organisation the Mining Equipment Manufacturers of South Africa (Memsa) has appointed Lehlohonolo Amos Molloyi CEO and programmes manager. He plans to maximise the industry body's impact through advocacy and partnership to support localisation, transformation, technology development and... →
On-The-Air (30/04/2021) 
By: Martin Creamer 30th April 2021 South Africa’s platinum group metals are being used in an ever increasing number of applications; The multiplier magic of exploration and mining can bring the biggest number of jobs to South Africa; and The eThekwini municipality is embarking on a new journey of developing the hydrogen economy. →
Mining policy should be hugely supportive of exploration’s multiplier magic – investor 
By: Martin Creamer 28th April 2021 Mining, preceded by exploration, is the greatest economic multiplier of all business activities, including government expenditure, says Integral Asset Management chief investment officer Bruce Williamson. It therefore makes huge sense for government to enact attractive investment-friendly... →
Mine safety key to higher copper production, says First Quantum
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 26th April 2021 Strong safety guidelines and training at mines across Zambia must be implemented with the seriousness they deserve to avoid workplace accidents, says global metals and mining company First Quantum Minerals (FQM) government relations specialist Dr Godwin Beene. Speaking ahead of World Day for... →
Australia’s latest resources boom is driving a surge in IPOs
By: Bloomberg 20th April 2021 Australia is leveraging off its strength as a mining powerhouse to become the go-to destination for initial public offerings in the resources sector. The ASX notched up 42 IPOs in mining-related businesses over the past 12 months despite the Covid-19 pandemic, well ahead of other hotspots... →
Sanbrado, Burkina Faso new emulsion production facility
19th April 2021 On the 13 February 2021, the new Orica Burkina Faso emulsion production and storage facility located in Sanbrado, Burkina Faso, West Africa was commissioned, and the first emulsion produced. This was the culmination of a project originally conceived in 2019 for a 2-line NOISE ANE production... →
Cabinet expected to approve Hydrogen Society Roadmap by early 2022 at latest
By: Terence Creamer 14th April 2021 South Africa’s Hydrogen Society Roadmap (HSRM) will be presented for Cabinet approval either before the end of the year or early next year and should outline how the country’s resource advantages should be leveraged to produce green hydrogen, as well as to integrate hydrogen-related technologies,... →
Mining output up by 0.8% y/y in February
By: Simone Liedtke 13th April 2021 Total mining output (not seasonally adjusted) unexpectedly grew by 0.8% year-on-year in February after having contracted sharply by a downwardly revised 8.4% year-on-year in January. Nongold mining production grew by 2.4% year-on-year following a contraction of 7.8% year-on-year in January,... →
Coal output poised for growth this year after 2% fall in 2020
By: Marleny Arnoldi 8th April 2021 Research agency GlobalData expects global coal output to have declined by 2% in 2020 owing to Covid-19-related lockdowns and restrictions. Notably, significant reductions have been observed in the US at 23.6%, Indonesia at 13.1%, Russia at 8.1% and Australia at 5.5%. →
Local battery material champions planning first-mover advances into new geographies
By: Martin Creamer 2nd April 2021 South Africa’s team of local battery material champions are planning first-mover advances into new geographies. Mining Weekly can today report that Thakadu Battery Materials, which is producing high-purity battery-grade nickel sulphate for export, has a pipeline of new projects in place that will... →
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